BURNLEY'S trip to Pittodrie might be billed in some quarters as the first duel in a Battle of Britain tie, but it's a description Sean Dyche is keen to steer clear off.

"It’s another game, a game we want to win. I just want to get on with playing the game, that’s for you lot to talk about," Dyche said when the Battle of Britain tag was put to him this week.

"When we go out there it will be 11 v 11 and we’ll see who wins."

Fixtures pairing English and Scottish teams always come with the Battle of Britain subplot, but it usually serves as more of an inspiration to sides north of the border, keen to land a knockout blow on the English game and show that the Scottish Premiership is perhaps a better league than many in England give it credit for.

But they will certainly be no underestimating Aberdeen from the Clarets. The Dons have split the Old Firm in the last two seasons and have finished runners-up in Scotland four years in a row.

"I know from our Scottish scouts the work done there, they’ve done very well, in my lifetime Rangers and Celtic are massive clubs and it’s not easy to get in between them," said Dyche.

"They’ve done a brilliant job in doing that, we won’t be taking them lightly, they’ve done some really good work there.

"They’re an organised side, they get the ball forward quickly, they back the play, they're willing to work, they play off their shape well, they’re all things that our players have got to be ready for."

Aberdeen boss Derek McInnes was at Deepdale on Monday to see Burnley beat Preston 3-2 in their latest pre-season friendly, with Clarets assistant Ian Woan was at Pittodrie last Friday to see the Dons draw 1-1 with West Brom.

Dyche has faced McInnes twice before, when he was in charge at Bristol City, and is impressed with the job he's done at Aberdeen.

"I only came across him twice at Bristol City, it was a mixed bag there for him, it started very well and not so good at the end," the Clarets chief said.

"I don’t know him that well but he seemed like a decent fella, he was getting on with a good job and then he’s gone up there and done really well, from the outside looking in it looks like he’s done a great job.

"It’s so difficult up there to challenge every year and they have challenged every year."

On Thursday night Dyche will become the first Burnley boss to lead the Clarets into Europe since 1966/67, capping a remarkable rise for the club since he arrived at Turf Moor in October 2012.

But while he's aware of the achievement, he insists he won't truly be able to reflect it until his time in the game is done.

"It’s just another historic marker for me personally. We’ve had so many since I’ve been here with the different groups we’ve had, for the players, myself," he said.

"This is another one. I don’t focus on these things now, these are the things you look back on in 20 years time and remember them for me.

"I’m aware that it’s an historic marker, but beyond that I just want to win. I’m not too gushy about that sort of stuff, I just want to win."